ORDER REGARDING COMMUNICATIONS WITH PLAINTIFFS' TREATING PHYSICIANS AND LIMITS ON CORPORATE GENERAL LIABILITY WITNESSES granting in part and denying in part (271) Plaintiffs' Motion to Preclude Defendants' Ex Parte Communications with Plaintiffs' Treating Physicians for Purposes of Retaining Expert Witnesses; granting in part and denying in part (272) Defendants' Motion for a Protective Order Regarding Contacts with Treating Physicians and and Denying Defendants' request for limitations on corporate general liability witnesses. Signed by Judge Richard W. Story on 12/12/2017. (Attached Exhibit A - Memorandum to Doctors) (see order for details) Associated Cases: 1:17-md-02782-RWS et al.(bdb)